Grade 6
Grade 6 World History and Geography: Ancient Civilizations
8 units and 45 learning lessons. This is the outline a Grade 6 student works through in World History and Geography: Ancient Civilizations — the lessons themselves are taught inside OHM School, adapted to how each child is doing.
About this outline: the listed lessons are part of the available learning path. A lesson appearing here does not mean its standards mapping or assessment evidence has completed educator review. See the evidence and review methodology.
Grade 6 World History and Geography: Ancient Civilizations
OHM School · Grade 6
World History and Geography: Ancient Civilizations
8 units · 45 lessons
It opens with Early Humans and closes with Ancient Rome.
All units
All units
Lessons
Unit 1 of 8
Early Humans
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1Studying the Distant Past
- 2Hunter-Gatherer Societies
- 3Early Human Migrations
- 4The Agricultural Revolution
- 5From Villages to Civilizations
Unit 2 of 8
Mesopotamia
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1Why Civilizations Formed Along Rivers
- 2Sumer and the City-State
- 3Early Government and Writing
- 4Hammurabi's Code
- 5Empires of Mesopotamia
Unit 3 of 8
Ancient Egypt and Kush
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1The Nile and Egyptian Life
- 2Pharaohs, Pyramids, and Religion
- 3Egyptian Society and Achievements
- 4The Kingdom of Kush
- 5Trade in the Nile Valley
Unit 4 of 8
The Ancient Hebrews
4 lessons
Lessons
- 1Origins of the Ancient Hebrews
- 2Beliefs and Law
- 3The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah
- 4The Diaspora and Enduring Influence
Unit 5 of 8
Ancient Greece
8 lessons
Lessons
- 1Geography and the Greek City-States
- 2Ancient Greek Government and Culture
- 3Athens and Sparta
- 4Democracy in Athens
- 5Greek Myths and Literature
- 6Wars in the Greek World
- 7Alexander the Great
- 8Greek Achievements
Unit 6 of 8
Ancient India
6 lessons
Lessons
- 1Geography and the Indus Valley
- 2Aryans and the Caste System
- 3Hinduism
- 4Buddhism
- 5The Maurya Empire and Ashoka
- 6Achievements of Ancient India
Unit 7 of 8
Ancient China
5 lessons
Lessons
- 1Geography and the Shang Dynasty
- 2The Zhou and the Mandate of Heaven
- 3Confucianism and Daoism
- 4The Qin Dynasty
- 5The Han Dynasty and the Silk Road
Unit 8 of 8
Ancient Rome
7 lessons
Lessons
- 1Geography and the Founding of Rome
- 2The Roman Republic's Government
- 3The Roman Republic and Empire
- 4From Republic to Empire
- 5Life in the Roman Empire
- 6The Rise of Christianity
- 7Greek and Roman Legacy
How it is taught
The whole subject, in the order a child meets it.
- What is covered8 units and 45 lessons, every one of them in the book above: this is the whole of World History and Geography: Ancient Civilizations in Grade 6, not a sample.
- Taught in orderA lesson unlocks when the one before it is mastered, and review is scheduled from what the child has actually shown rather than on a fixed timetable.
- Kept currentThese titles are read from the live curriculum, so what is in this book is what a Grade 6 student would work through today.
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